Editing USB Implementers Forum (section)

{{short description|Organization that supports the USB standard}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{infobox organization
| name                = USB Implementers Forum
| logo                = USB Implementers Forum logo.svg
| abbreviation        = USB-IF
| status              = [[501(c)(6)]] [[professional association]]<ref name= 990-2015/>
| founded             = {{start date and age|1995}}<ref name="members">{{cite web|url=https://www.usb.org/members_landing|title=Members|website=USB.org|publisher=USB Implementers Forum, Inc.|access-date=13 Jul 2018}}</ref>
| tax_id              = 93-1296452<ref name= 990-2015>"[http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2015/931/296/2015-931296452-0d951081-9O.pdf Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax]". ''USB Implementers Forum''. [[Guidestar]]. December 31, 2015.</ref>
| headquarters        = [[Beaverton, Oregon]], [[United States of America|U.S.]]<ref name= 990-2015/>
| coordinates         = {{coords|45.492060|-122.832878|display=inline, title}}
| employees           = 0<ref name= 990-2015/>
| employees_year      = 2015
| volunteers          = 57<ref name= 990-2015/>
| volunteers_year     = 2015
| revenue             = $4,789,113<ref name= 990-2015/>
| revenue_year        = 2015
| expenses            = $4,579,090<ref name= 990-2015/>
| expenses_year       = 2015
| leader_name         = Jeff Ravencraft<ref>"[http://www.usb.org/about/ About]". ''USB Implementers Forum''. Retrieved February 5, 2018.</ref>
| leader_title        = [[President (corporation)|President]], [[Chief Operating Officer]]
| website             = {{URL|http://www.usb.org/about}}
}}
'''USB Implementers Forum, Inc.''' ('''USB-IF''') is a [[nonprofit organization]] created to promote and maintain [[USB]] (Universal Serial Bus), a set of specifications and transmission procedures for a type of cable connection that has since become used widely for electronic equipment. Its main activities are currently the promotion and marketing of USB, [[Wireless USB]], [[USB On-The-Go]], and the maintenance of standards and specifications for the related devices, as well as a compliance program.

The USB-IF was initiated in 1995<ref name="members" /> by the group of companies that was developing [[USB]], which was made available first during 1996. The founding companies of USB-IF were [[Compaq]], [[Digital Equipment Corporation]], [[IBM]], [[Intel]], [[Microsoft]], [[NEC]] and [[Nortel]]. Notable current members include [[HP Inc.|HP]], [[NEC Corporation|NEC]], [[Microsoft]], [[Apple Inc.]], [[Intel]], and [[Agere Systems]].

The working committees within USB-IF are:
* Device Working Group
* Compliance Committee
* Marketing Committee

The USB-IF web caters to developers who may register freely for the developer web-forums and access documentation. To be part of a working group, however, a person has to work for a member company or register as a member. The developer forums regulate the development of the [[USB connector]], of other [[USB hardware]], and of USB software; they are not [[end-user]] forums.

In 2014, the USB-IF announced the availability of [[USB-C]] designs. USB-C connectors can transfer data with rates as much as 10&nbsp;Gbit/s and provides as much as 100 [[watt]]s of [[power (physics)|power]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usb.org/press/USB_Type-C_Specification_Announcement_Final.pdf|title=USB 3.0 Promoter Group Announces USB Type-C Connector Ready for Production|access-date=27 May 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111952/http://www.usb.org/press/USB_Type-C_Specification_Announcement_Final.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2015, the seven-person [[board of directors]], with Jeff Ravencraft as USB-IF President and [[Chief Operating Officer]], consisted of representatives of [[Apple Inc.]], [[HP Inc.]], [[Intel Corporation]], [[Microsoft Corporation]], [[Renesas Electronics]], [[STMicroelectronics]], and [[Texas Instruments]].<ref name= 990-2015/>

In 2020, USB-IF announced updated USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices, Version 2.0, for [[MIDI 2.0]] devices.<ref>{{Cite web|title=USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0|url=https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/usb-if-publishes-usb-device-class-specification-for-midi-devices-v2-0/article_df2b5ba9-390b-5136-854a-e2cdfd3955d1.html|access-date=2020-08-03|website=Valdosta Daily Times|language=en}}</ref>